Parsing Ingredients Error When ¼ and ½ Symbols Used

Question

Extracting the recipe from https://sugarspunrun.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-pancakes#recipe shows the ingredients detail incorrectly, as the site uses single character symbols for ¼ and ½ measurements.

For example, the amount of sugar given in the source recipe is `¼ cup` and the API result shows the following JSON:

{
			"id": 19335,
			"aisle": "Baking",
			"image": "sugar-in-bowl.png",
			"consistency": "solid",
			"name": "� sugar",
			"nameClean": "sugar",
			"original": "� cup sugar",
			"originalName": "� sugar",
			"amount": 1.0,
			"unit": "cup",
			"meta": [],
			"measures": {
				"us": {
					"amount": 1.0,
					"unitShort": "cup",
					"unitLong": "cup"
				},
				"metric": {
					"amount": 236.588,
					"unitShort": "ml",
					"unitLong": "milliliters"
				}
			}
			
Any advice on how to correct, or deal with the inaccuracy in data?

Thanks!

Tim Fevens · Answer

Just want to come back and mention that the issue has been resolved in my testing - thanks!!

David · Answer

Thanks, we are working on this and expect a fix by the end of the month.

Tim Fevens · Answer

Not sure if this will help,or confuse things more - but the URL below also uses ½ and ¼ in the ingredients, but they are being handled without error.

https://nowcookthis.com/butter-baked-haddock/

```json
{
			"id": 1001,
			"aisle": "Milk, Eggs, Other Dairy",
			"image": "butter-sliced.jpg",
			"consistency": "solid",
			"name": "butter",
			"nameClean": "butter",
			"original": "½ cup melted butter",
			"originalName": "melted butter",
			"amount": 0.5,
			"unit": "cup",
			"meta": [
				"melted"
			],
			"measures": {
				"us": {
					"amount": 0.5,
					"unitShort": "cups",
					"unitLong": "cups"
				},
				"metric": {
					"amount": 118.294,
					"unitShort": "ml",
					"unitLong": "milliliters"
				}
			}
		},
		{
			"id": 9150,
			"aisle": "Produce",
			"image": "lemon.png",
			"consistency": "solid",
			"name": "lemon",
			"nameClean": "lemon",
			"original": "¼ large lemon",
			"originalName": "lemon",
			"amount": 0.25,
			"unit": "large",
			"meta": [],
			"measures": {
				"us": {
					"amount": 0.25,
					"unitShort": "large",
					"unitLong": "larges"
				},
				"metric": {
					"amount": 0.25,
					"unitShort": "large",
					"unitLong": "larges"
				}
			}
		},
```

David · Answer

We will look into this and get back to you soon. Thanks for reporting!

Tim Fevens · Answer

Any updates?

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Parsing Ingredients Error When ¼ and ½ Symbols Used